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Unit Seventeen The More We Learn，the Less We Know 1

Part A：Cosmic Uncertainty 1

ContentsIntroduction for Students 1

Acknowl edgements to Publishers 3

What Do We Know about How People Read？ 6

Part B：Last Chance for Halley’s 7

Building Reading Power 9

Building Reading Power 10

Building Reading Power 11

Building Reading Power 12

Building Reading Power 13

Building Reading Power 14

Building Reading Power 15

Timed Reading：The End of the World？No，the Chance of a Lifetime 15

Building Reading Power 16

Unit Eighteen：Second-Class Citizens？ 25

Part A：Computers：A Male Culture？ 25

Part B：Girls Don’t Like Macho Games！ 31

Timed Reading：Computers Are for Everyone 39

Recognizing Fact and Opinion 53

Unit Nineteen：NASA：The Inside Story 61

Part A：The Universe at Our Fingertips 61

Timed Reading：Communication：Tracking the Data 72

Unit Twenty：The Lonel iness of the Long-Distance Astro-naut 81

Part A：The Salyut Experience 81

Part B：Psychological Support 87

Timed Reading：Al l the Comforts of Home 95

Writing Summaries and Abstracts 108

Part A：The Tortoise and the Hare 114

Unit Twenty-One：Moscow’s Drive to Seize the Edge in Space 114

Timed Reading：Cooperation for Progress 123

Part A：Tragedy on the Road to Space 133

Unit Twenty-Two：Putting the Future on Hold 133

Part B：New Frontiers Delayed 138

Timed Reading：NASA Changes Discourage Space Research 148

Finding Key Words to Buil d Speed and Comprehens-ion 164

Unit Twenty-Three：Animal s in Research：The Case for Experimentation 168

Part A：Why Not Use Animals？ 168

Timed Reading：Moral Responsibil ity 178

Part A：Stepping out with the Elephants 189

Unit Twenty-Four：Giants of Land and Sea 189

Part B：Whales and Whaling 195

Timed Reading：Redmond Comes out of Cave to Lecture on African Elephants 204

Quizzing Yourself on What You Read 211

Unit Twenty-Five：Making a Chimp out of Man 215

Part A：It’s All in the Family 215

Timed Reading：Not Such Distant Cousins 228

Unit Twenty-Six：Is There a Doctor in the House？　 239

Part A：Fighting the Silent Attacker　 239

Part B：Aspirin Called Aid against Second Heart Attack　 246

Timed Reading：Boynton Opens Do-it-yourself Cold Clinic　 253

Information-Transfer　 263

Part A：The Earl y Peopl e of North America　 269

Unit Twenty-Seven：Indians-The First Americans　 269

Part B：Types of Indian Societies　 277

Timed Reading：The Practice of Selective Borrowing　 286

Unit Twenty-Eight：The First Line of Defense against Pollution：Air Qual ity Standards　 297

Part A：Who Is Fighting in the Battle for Life？　 297

Part B：Can Anyone Win the Battle？　 305

Timed Reading：Carbon Monoxide　 315

Reading Between the Lines　 323

Part A：Part of an Evolutionary Plan？　 330

Unit Twenty-Nine：What’s in a Face？　 330

Part B：No Two Faces Are Alike　 337

Timed Reading：Showing Our Emotions　 351

Unit Thirty：Celebrating with a Grand Old Lady　 365

Part A：America Sal utes Liberty　 365

Part B：Lady Liberty’s New Look　 376

Timed Reading：Liberty：Standing for the Future　 386

Understanding Text Organization Can Make You a Better Reader　 404

Part A：Can All the People Be Wrong？　 408

Unit Thirty-One：The Great Hudson Valley UFO Mystery　 408

Timed Reading：Who is Pulling Our Legs？　 420

Unit Thrity-Two：Flying Saucers-Are They Us？　 434

Part A：Are We All Aliens？　 434

Part B：Lost in a Time Warp　 444

Timed Reading：Earth-A Way Station in Time　 456

Answer KeysUnit Seventeen　 472

Unit Eighteen　 474

Unit Nineteen　 475

Unit Twenty　 477

Unit Twenty-One　 478

Unit Twenty-Two　 480

Unit Twenty-Three　 481

Unit Twenty-Four　 483

Unit Twenty-Five　 484

Unit Twenty-Six　 486

Unit Twenty-Seven　 487

Unit Twenty-Eight　 489

Unit Twenty-Nine　 491

Unit Thirty　 493

Unit Thirty-One　 494

Unit Thirty-Two　 496